7alon
19th October 2017, 04:55
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Talks about how youtube altered their algorithm, which changed what the search engine would consider a correlation between the items found and the search terms/phrases/keywords used.
In short it is more likely for the more 'click baity' videos to appear in your top 'most relevant' results. They used to favour the factor which showed how long somebody watched a video for. They have also been reserving a space/shelf up the top for their preferred videos (which are partnered channels - cooperation with sponsors/additional funding/corporations etc.)
What I believe:
The algorithm essentially was more balanced, so that it had to consider not only the amount of visitors a video has had, but also the duration they (the visitors) watched for.
This essentially has a multiplicative effect because people will click on something, aren't interested, but the algorithm logs it as a visit without considering the factor of commitment; it only requires clicks and initial ad watching to be considered a relevant search result. This keeps happening and happening, so the algorithm will recognise this consistency and keep thinking to itself "success!" :idea:
Sorry for the poor clarification between my thoughts and what was displayed in the video. Been a long few days :facepalm: :star:
Talks about how youtube altered their algorithm, which changed what the search engine would consider a correlation between the items found and the search terms/phrases/keywords used.
In short it is more likely for the more 'click baity' videos to appear in your top 'most relevant' results. They used to favour the factor which showed how long somebody watched a video for. They have also been reserving a space/shelf up the top for their preferred videos (which are partnered channels - cooperation with sponsors/additional funding/corporations etc.)
What I believe:
The algorithm essentially was more balanced, so that it had to consider not only the amount of visitors a video has had, but also the duration they (the visitors) watched for.
This essentially has a multiplicative effect because people will click on something, aren't interested, but the algorithm logs it as a visit without considering the factor of commitment; it only requires clicks and initial ad watching to be considered a relevant search result. This keeps happening and happening, so the algorithm will recognise this consistency and keep thinking to itself "success!" :idea:
Sorry for the poor clarification between my thoughts and what was displayed in the video. Been a long few days :facepalm: :star: